The Reapers

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Review #1

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I love all of John Connolly’s books. He writes absolutely beautiful prose, and I know–my PhD from UCLA is in English Literature. His plots, with their blend of crime story and metaphysical event, are absolutely unique and utterly compelling. The cast of characters who figure throughout the books, especially the complex-yet-comic Angel and Louis, are consistent and somehow a great comfort. How bad can the world get, while we have Angel and Louis backing up Charlie?

In this particular book, Louis and the makings of Louis feature prominently. It deals with racism in both historic and current situations, and never in a preachy way. There’s just Louis, and the way being Black has shaped him. And yet it’s a “scary” Connolly plot too. I’m not doing very well explaining it, but in an extraordinary series of novels, “Reapers” stands out–a best of the best.

Review #2

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John Connolly is my favorite crime thriller author EVER! His protagonist, P.I. Charlie Parker, is definitely no angel….wait….or is he? If memory serves, I believe there are 20 books in the Charlie Parker series. If you’re thinking about reading them, I highly suggest that you read in order of publication. Otherwise, you won’t fully understand what motivates Parker, and his actions might seem disjointed and or unfounded.

Review #3

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I’ve read every book in the Charlie Parker series and now I’ve been re-reading them and I came across this one that I somehow missed. I think that it’s one of his top two novels. It could be called the Louee/ Angel primer because it is almost totally about them and answers a lot of questions about them. Probably one of the most exciting too.

Review #4

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John Connolly is a most gifted writer and wordsmith. His Charlie Parker novels constitute one of the finest thriller series in existence today. His prose is sometimes so lyrical and so defining that I find myself rereading a sentence or paragraph just to marvel at his styling. He can establish mood, a sense of disquiet, peril, or supernatural unease with a few well turned phrases. His characterizations are always believable and fleshed within the context of the story. And his ability to build suspense and an impending sense of doom that is almost palpable to the reader is extraordinary.

“The Reapers” can be read as two parallel stories since there is a lot of jumping back and forth in time to relive past events that add context to the current storyline. As has been well established, this novel focuses heavily on Parker’s “back-ups”, Louis and Angel. One storyline develops the back-story on Louis and Angel which brings our appreciation for the deadly Louis to an even higher level; certainly they become more humanized and complete than ever in this novel.

The central plot deals with betrayals, double crosses, and the payment of blood debts in the violent world of professional assassins (Reapers). Louis’ back story fills in gaps on his deadly past and portrays him as a much more formidable protagonist than even the regular Connolly reader would imagine. As usual, Connolly visits themes of loyalty (in many manifestations) and motivation in his unique and flawed characters. Ultimately several storylines intersect and Parker and friends race to find and support their two imperiled allies.

I found this to be my favorite of the Charlie Parker novels even though Parker has only a small part to play in it. It was absent the darkness and depression, and supernatural atmosphere, that usually is found when Parker is the main focus…yet the violence and the death count are as high as ever. It reads more of a revenge of the assassins than anything else. The author is a master of establishing mood and motivation through the psychological maneuverings of his characters and his readers.

Review #5

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If you’re looking for a definition of “atmospheric” in literature, John Connolly’s hauntingly melancholy and melodic prose aptly defines the genre, and “The Reapers” is certainly another noble effort in the transformation of tortured souls to words. Brooding, dark, and allegorical – yeah, it’s all of that and more – and undeniably Irish in creating a mood that reads beautifully in despair. But if there is a problem here – and there was for me – it’s that Connolly’s atmospheric pressure smothers the story, the characters, and ultimately the enjoyment of his latest journey of troubled souls neatly wrapped into some of pop fictions most thoughtful thrillers.

So I’m torn here. As usual, the prose reads deep and lyrical – chock full of random phases with truly visceral impact – the kind of writing that will have you setting the book aside to absorb the impact of lines that read more like Dylan Thomas or James Joyce than crime masters like Raymond Chandler or Lawrence Block. And the relegation of Charlie “Bird” Parker to a cameo role, putting the bizarrely brutal and literally odd couple of Louis and Angel center stage was a refreshing and welcome twist. But Louis’ boyhood in a Civil Rights-era South leaned to bit too far to the melodramatic – a well told tale but one told too often to capture awe or new found irony, while Angel’s tale of abuse was poignant, but hardly unique. The plot, while appropriately convoluted and carefully wrought, was likewise pedestrian and in the end, uncovered few surprises.

So three stars today, and maybe I’d give it four stars tomorrow, but make no mistake: while beautifully written and carefully crafted in John Connolly’s somber, sober, and “honeycomb” hand, this is not the five star work I’d associate with “The White Road”, “Dark Hollow”, or the surrealistic and eerie “The Killing Kind.” For the Connolly fan, it’s a must read, and a definite step up from last year’s “The Unquiet”. For everyone else, read it for the poetry that may change your perspective of what contemporary crime can be, but “The Reapers” will leave the hard core action and thrills fan wanting.

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